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Professor John Macarthur’s research interests are in: History and theory of architecture (Picturesque in early nineteenth century Britain, Uptake of picturesque concepts in modern times) and The Architecture of the City. John Macarthur is Dean and Head of the School of Architecture where he also directs the research centre ATCH (Architecture, theory, criticism, & history). Professor Macarthur graduated from The University of Queensland with Bachelor (Hons 1st) and Master of Design Studies degrees (1984) before taking a doctorate at the University of Cambridge (1989). He has spent the greater part of his career at UQ teaching architectural design and the history and theory of architecture and conducting research. His research has focused on the conceptual framework and the history of picturesque aesthetics in architecture.
Professor Macarthur has edited five books and published over 100 papers including contributions to the journals Assemblage, Transition, Architecture Research Quarterly, and the Journal of Architecture. He is also an active critic of contemporary architecture. His research has been supported by grants from the Australian Research Council.
Professor Macarthur’s major work The Picturesque: architecture, disgust and other irregularities, was published by Routledge in 2007. This is the first comprehensive account of the architectural aspects of picturesque to be published in eighty years and it has quickly come to be recognised as authoritative treatment of this crucial concept and its history. Professor Macarthur’s work shows how the aesthetic qualities of visual experience are understood and, in particular, how concepts and techniques of the visual arts have played a role in how architects think of building forms and the experience of architecture.
With members of the ATCH centre Professor Macarthur is currently working on projects on the reception of the Baroque in the 20th century, on architectural aesthetics and criticism and on the history of the architecture of Queensland.
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